B-52s Getting Ability To Carry Precision Weapons Internally

Boeing is expanding the B-52’s smart weapons capacity by 50% under a $24.6 million agreement with the U.S. Air Force to modify six launchers to allow them to carry precision-guided munitions (PGMs) internally. The B-52 has carried smart weapons on wing hard-points for well more than a decade. By...

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